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scandesign: bulletin board

check out this ingenious norwegian bulletin board i found in the entrance to my friend's apartment building -- no tape or pins needed.

spot check: olivia's

olivia's is a great italian cafe/restaurant.  they have two locations, one in majorstuen and the other in aker brygge, and both have great outdoor areas.

the pizza is also delicious.  my favorite, which is an idea i had thought of before but never seen executed, is carpaccio pizza.  that's right, carpaccio pizza.  the pizza is cooked first, then the thinly-sliced raw beef is added right before it is served.  the pecorino and lemon wedge -- two staples of carpaccio consumption -- bring the pizza to a whole new level.

half & half: picante chicken on the left/carpaccio on the right

halloween.

unfortunately, the costume was popped by the end of the night.

magnus as grapes.

more classics?

sliders with salad.

fusilli bolognese with salad.

american classics.

big mac slider-style and breakfast burrito (in the form of tacos).

jalapeños instead of pickles.

beef + onion + egg filling inside lomper "tortillas" topped with cottage cheese and tomato/cucumber "salsa."

the case of the fallen kebab.

i buy roll kebabs (wrapped like a burrito) so i can enjoy the bread with the filling... and so i don't need a fork.  others, like mr. benjamin kuban, prefer pita kebabs and enjoy the sauce-soaked bread after they have finished the filling.  this is a cautionary tale to those of you who prefer the pita kebabs...  don't get so excited when you get to the bread of your bislett kebab that you drop it on the sidewalk of  hegdehaugsveien...

fallen soldier.

look of despair.

kebab hats.

since roll kebabs are better than the pita variety, the only thing the little wraps are good for is making hats.  i dare you to find a better use.

(from left) paul, me, natalia

food.

breakfast sandwich (open-faced).  bread, tomato, green onion, 2 sunny-side-up eggs, feta, fresh salmon, and arugula.

a grandiosa is actually norway's most popular food.  it's a frozen pizza.  2 million (half the population of norway) grandiosas are sold on christmas day alone.  i added a twist with some feta, an egg, and some arugula.